NASCAR Information Sunday, April 3, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Richmond
Denny Hamlin
Richmond April winner – Started 13th, finished 11th in Stage 1 & 14th in Stage 2, 11th on lap 358, only final 5 laps led
Winner pit stops: Denny Hamlin (7 Stops) 74, 154 G, 234, 248, 259, 310 G, 354 G
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ryan Blaney 1st & 5th, Ross Chastain 3rd & 3rd, Martin Truex Jr. 4th & 1st
Speeding: Corey LaJoie 31st, Landon Cassill 32nd
Best free pass finisher: Austin Dillon 10th
Rear of field: Austin Cindric 20th, Justin Haley 29th, Greg Biffle 37th
Best Hendrick: William Byron 3rd
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 2nd
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 7th
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Ross Chastain
Most top 3 finishes this season: 4 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes this season: 4 Ross Chastain
Most laps led this season: 334 Ryan Blaney (Winless)
Ryan Blaney only driver to lead every race this season
Most wins by a team this season: 3 Hendrick Motorsports (Only team with multiple wins)
Denny Hamlin: 4 Richmond wins – 3 Crew chiefs (2 Mike Ford, 1 Mike Wheeler & 1 Chris Gabehart)
Denny Hamlin: Richmond winner – 3 Straight Richmond top 2 finishes
Denny Hamlin: 199 Career top 5 finishes
Denny Hamlin: 1 Win this season – Winless first 26 races last season
Denny Hamlin: 1 Win this season – First non-Playoff race win since Dover 8/22/20
Denny Hamlin: 3 Wins last 17 races – Winless previous 31 races
Denny Hamlin best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 1 race this season – Richmond winner
Joe Gibbs Racing: 18 Richmond wins – 10 Different crew chiefs
Joe Gibbs Racing won 9 of last 13 Richmond races with 5 different drivers –
Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin & Martin Truex Jr.
Joe Gibbs Racing won 6 of last 8 Richmond races – Martin Truex Jr. 3, Kyle Busch 2 & Denny Hamlin 1
Kevin Harvick: Finished 2nd in 4 races since last win – Bristol 9/20
Kevin Harvick: Best finish last 14 races – 2nd at Richmond
Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher last 2 races
William Byron: 3 Top 5 finishes last 5 races – 6 of 7 races led this season (270 Laps led)
William Byron: 122 Richmond laps led – Career-high
William Byron best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 2 of last 3 races
Ryan Blaney finished 7th at Richmond – 100th career top 10 finish
Ryan Blaney led first 128 laps at Richmond – 0 of last 272 laps led
Ryan Blaney: 447 Laps led since last win – 5 Top 5 finishes & 10 top 10 finishes
Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher 3 of last 4 races
Ryan Blaney: Started front row last 4 races (3 Poles) – Best finish: 4th (Phoenix)
Martin Truex Jr. finished 4th at Richmond – 7th straight Richmond top 5 finish
Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 8th or better last 3 races – 97 Laps led this season – 80 Laps led at Richmond
Kyle Larson: Finished 5th at Richmond – Finished 29th or worse previous 3 races
Christopher Bell: Finished 6th at Richmond – 63 Laps led (Career-high)
Christopher Bell: 3 Top 10 finishes last 5 races – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
Alex Bowman: 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 races – 3 Straight top 10 finishes
Ross Chastain: Finished 19th at Richmond – Finished 3rd or better previous 4 races
Richmond laps led – Gibbs: 149 (All 4 led), Penske: 129 & Hendrick: 122 (All William Byron)
7 Different winners in 7 races this season
William Byron & Kyle Larson are only drivers to win in first 7 races this season & last season
Most different winners to start season in Playoff era: 7 (2014, ’21 & ‘22)
Most different winners to start a season: 10 (2000)
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
Stage 2 winner failed to win all 7 races this season
3 Won races this season without winning Stage 1 & 2 in any race – Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Kyle Larson
Last to win consecutive races: Kyle Larson – 2021 Charlotte Roval, 2021 Texas & Kansas 10/21
2022 Winner Odds – Cindric 30-1; Larson 4-1; Bowman 18-1; Briscoe 66-1; Byron 15-1; Chastain 28-1; Hamlin 12-1
7 Different drivers best Ford finisher in 7 races this season –
Almirola, Blaney, Briscoe, Buescher, Cindric, Harvick & Logano
Denny Hamlin best Toyota finisher 1 race this season – Richmond winner
Kevin Harvick best Ford finisher 1 race this season – Finished 2nd at Richmond
Toyota: Richmond winner – Ended 11-race winless streak (Bubba Wallace – Talladega 10/4/21)
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin – 41
| NASCAR CUP SERIES WINNERS LAST 13 RACES | |||||
| RACE | AGE | WINNER | CAREER WIN | TEAM | CAR |
| Talladega | 27 | Bubba Wallace | 1st | 23XI Racing | Toyota |
| Charlotte Roval | 29 | Kyle Larson | 13th | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Texas | 29 | Kyle Larson | 14th | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Kansas | 29 | Kyle Larson | 15th | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Martinsville | 28 | Alex Bowman | 6th | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Phoenix | 29 | Kyle Larson | 16th | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Daytona | 23 | Austin Cindric | 1st | Team Penske | Ford |
| California | 29 | Kyle Larson | 17th | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Las Vegas | 28 | Alex Bowman | 7th | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Phoenix | 27 | Chase Briscoe | 1st | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford |
| Atlanta | 24 | William Byron | 3rd | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| COTA | 29 | Ross Chastain | 1st | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet |
| Richmond | 41 | Denny Hamlin | 47th | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota |
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Ty Gibbs
Most top 3 finishes this season: 4 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 5 Noah Gragson
AJ Allmendinger only driver to finish top 10 in every race this season
2 Finished top 20 every race this season: AJ Allmendinger & Ty Gibbs
2 Finished on lead lap every race this season: AJ Allmendinger & Ty Gibbs
Most laps led this season: 241 Noah Gragson – Led first 5 races this season (No laps led last 2 races)
Most wins by a team this season: 3 Joe Gibbs Racing
1-Sam Mayer best JR Motorsports finisher 2 of last 3 races
1-Sam Mayer finished 3rd at Richmond – Won Dash 4 Cash bonus
9-Noah Gragson: 3 Stage wins this season (Most) – 1 Win this season (Phoenix March)
16-AJ Allmendinger: 7 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak: 8 Straight (2019-’20)
16-AJ Allmendinger best Kaulig Racing finisher 6 of 7 races this season
#18 Led 235 laps this season (2nd most) – Noah Gragson leads all drivers with 241 laps led
27-Jeb Burton best Our Motorsports finisher 3 of last 4 races
54-Ty Gibbs: 3 Wins this season – Only driver with multiple wins
54-Ty Gibbs: 3 Wins last 5 races
54-Ty Gibbs: Last 2 wins by last lap pass (Atlanta March & Richmond April)
54-Ty Gibbs: Final pass for lead with 3 or fewer laps to go 4 of 7 career wins
54-Ty Gibbs best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 5 of 7 races this season
54-Ty Gibbs: 7 Career wins – 1 Win from pole (Richmond April)
54-Ty Gibbs: 2 Straight poles (COTA & Richmond)
98-Riley Herbst: 3 Top 5 finishes this season – 5 Top 5 finishes all last season
5 Different winners in 7 races this season
Joe Gibbs Racing: 249 of 250 laps led at Richmond
4 Different pole winners this season – AJ Allmendinger & Ty Gibbs 2 poles each
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 race this season – AJ Allmendinger at COTA
Last to win consecutive races: Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/21 & Richmond 9/21
1 Race won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond
6 of 7 races won by drivers starting in first 2 rows this season
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed AJ Allmendinger), Atlanta March (Ty Gibbs passed Ryan Sieg) &
Richmond (Ty Gibbs passed John Hunter Nemechek)
*3 Races settled by last lap pass all last season
Closest finish this season: Richmond – Ty Gibbs finished .116 seconds ahead of John Hunter Nemechek
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40